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H. G. WILLIAMS.

COMPOUND GASOLENE ENGINE.

APPLICATION FILED .lAN.2l| I919.

Patented Nov. 18, 1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET H. G. WILLIAMS.

COMPOUND GASOLENE ENGINE.

APPUCATION FILED JAN.2I. I9I9.

1 Patented Nov. 18, 1919.

2 SH,EETSSHEET 2.

fi litit HERBERT G. WILLIlAQMS, 0F GHEEBY FGRK, Gilt-I130.

COMPOUND *GASOLENEQENGINE.

To all 'w/wmc't may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT G; lWILLIAMS,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Cherry Fork, in the county of Adams and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and compound ,gasolene engines and has forione of itsobjects the provision of means, whereby the exhaust from an engine can be used to drive another engine and which engine can be employed to drive other devices-or the same device thatthe first engine is driving.

Another obj ect of this invention is the provision of a rotor adapted to be drlven by the exhaust from a gasolene engine and which is provided with means for automatically controlling the speed of the same;

A further object of this invention is the provision of a compound gasolene engine of the above stated character, which shall be simple, durable and efficient and whichmay be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost. 1

With these and other objects inview as will become apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in Which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a compound gasolene engine constructed in accordance with my invention,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same,

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the rotary engine,

Fig. el is a detail sectional view of the speed controlling means,

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of one of the vanes of the rotor,

Fig. 6 is a detail sectional View illustrating the controlling valve of the exhaust to the turbine.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates a gasolene engine of any desired type or character and has the Specificationof Letters Patent.

l Patented Nov. 18, i912.

Application filed January 21, 1919. Serial No. 272,340.

usual exhaust pipe 2, to which my invention is applied.

A base 3 is located adjacent the engine 1 andhas secured thereon a circular casing 4, provided with bearings +11 centrally arranged in the side walls thereof, which rotatably support a shaft 5 forming a part of a rotor 6. The rotor 6' includes blades 7 which have their outer ends flared and concaved as shown at 8. The outer ends of the blades 7 are disposed in close relation to the wall of the casing and which casing is provided with an intake port 9 and an outlet port 10 at a spaced distance, so that on the exhaust from the engine 1 entering the intake port 9 it will be directed against the concaved faces of the blades, thereby cans ing the rotor to rotate, the exhaust passing out of the casing by way of the outlet port 10. The exhaust pipe 2 is connected directly to the intake port 9 so that the exhaust from the engine 1 can enter the easing against the blades of the rotor.

A. housing 11 is secured to one of the side walls of the casing at and has journaled therein a vertically disposed governor shaft 12which has secured to one end thereof a collar '14. Springs 15 have one of their ends secured to the collar 14; and their other ends are secured to acollar 15 which has formed thereon a disk 16. VVeigl'its 17 are secured to the springs for causing said springs to expand and contract as the speed of the rotor increases and decreases. One end of the shaft 12 has secured thereto a pulley 18 over which runs a belt 19 mounted on a pulley on the shaft 5 of the rotor whereby the governor is driven according to the speed of said rotor.

A rod 20 is slidably mounted in the housing 11 and has formed on one end spaced arms 21 that are disposed on each side of the disk 16, while the other end of the rod is pivoted to an arm 22 secured to a valve stem 23 of a valve 24 and which is located in the exhaust pipe 2 adjacent its point of connection with the inlet port ,9. The exhaust pipe at this point has formed therein upper and lower valve seats 25 and 26 which are engaged by the valve 24. When the speed of the rotor reaches a certain degree, the valve 24 is seated against the valve seat 25 causing the exhaust to be directed upwardly over the ends of the blades, thus stopping the driving action thereof and as the speed decreases to a certain degree the governor moves the valve 24 against the valve seat 26 causing the exhaust to be directed downwardly against the ends of the blades, thus rotating the rotor. The intake port 9 of the casing is disposed in direct alinement with the outlet port of the engine 1 so that the exhaust will pass freely through the exhaust pipe Without any back pressure.

A brake 27 consisting of an arm 28 havingia pad 28 has one end pivoted to the housing. A controlling rod 30 is screw threaded to one Wall of the housing and has one end rotatably connected to the arm 28, while its other end has secured thereto a handle 31, whereby the pressure of the arm against the disk can be regulated so as to control the speed of the rotor.

The rotor or the shaft thereof has secured thereto a fly-wheel 32 to cause the rotor to run evenly. The shaft of the rotor has secured thereon a pulley 33 over which a belt of another device may pass in order to drive the other device by said rotor.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction, combination, and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A compound gasolene engine including an engine having an exhaust pipe, upper and lower valve seats formed in the pipe, a base, a casing secured to said base and having an inlet port connected to the exhaust pipe and an outlet port located at a spaced distance thereto, a rotor in said casing and adapted to be rotated by the exhaust from the exhaust pipe, an automatically operated valve adapted to first engage the lower seat and then the upper seat to direct the exhaust against the rotor and then over the rotor when the speed thereof reaches a certain degree, and means whereby the rotor can be connected to a device for driving the same. 2. A compound gasolene engine including an engine having an exhaust pipe, upper and lower valve seats formed in the pipe, a base, a. casing secured to said base and having an inlet port connected to the exhaust pipe and an outlet port located at a spaced distance thereto, a rotor in said casing and adapted to be rotated by the exhaust from the exhaust pipe, a valve located in the pipe and adapted to engage said seats, a governor driven by the rotor and connected to the valve for controlling the speed of said rotor, and means whereby the rotor can be connected to a device for driving the same.

3. A compound gasolene engine including an engine having an exhaust pipe, upper and lower valve seats formed in the pipe, at

base, a casing secured to said base and having an inlet port connected to the exhaust pipe and an outlet port located at a spaced distance thereto, a rotor in said casing and adapted to be rotated by the exhaust from the exhaust pipe, a valve located in the pipe and adapted to engage said seats, a governor driven by the rotor and connected to the valve for controlling the speed of said rotor, a brake for the governor, and means whereby the rotor can be connected to a device for driving the same.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HERBERT Gr. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

J. EDWARD Lrs'r, S. C. CLARK. 

